Shadow Slave

Chapter 25

So, the silver-haired girl, Nephis, also received a True Name in her First Nightmare. To get his own, Sunny had to deal with Hero and Mountain King while possessing a completely useless Aspect — an impossible feat that seemed to have pleased the Spell very much.

'I wonder how she had gotten hers.'

Sleepers in the cafeteria were struck dumb by the revelation of this achievement. They were staring at the screen with astonishment, fear and admiration. Listening to their excited whispers, Sunny felt a childish desire to scream "Me too! I have one too!".

But, of course, he kept quiet.

Looking around, he noticed Caster's gaze fixed on the screen. There was a strange, somber expression on the humorous young man's face. But the weird thing about it was that, as far as Sunny could tell, Caster wasn't looking at the line of text containing the True Name.

Instead, he was staring at the line of text that read "Nephis", as though the girl's actual name held more meaning to him than the one given by the Spell.

'Interesting. Do they know each other?'

Why would a lofty Legacy know someone who came to the Academy in a police-issued tracksuit? And speaking of Nephis… where was she?

Sunny glanced around the cafeteria and quickly noticed the silver-haired girl, who was sitting quietly in a corner with a cup of coffee in her hands. She wasn't paying a lot of attention to the commotion, seemingly immersed in her thoughts. Her grey eyes were serious and distant.

"A Sleeper with a True Name? That's impossible!"

"It's technically possible. Smile of Heaven received her True Name in the First Nightmare, I think. But yeah, I'm doubtful…"

"Maybe she lied in the interview?"

"Are you stupid? If it was that easy to deceive the administrators, the crazy pervert from yesterday would have been in the first place instead!"

Sunny's face twitched. Crazy pervert, huh…

"Well, why don't we just ask her?"

Suddenly, there was a deafening silence in the cafeteria. Following the suggestion, Sleepers stopped talking and turned around, staring at Nephis. However, no one seemed to have the courage to approach her first.

Finally sensing something, she raised her eyes and looked at them with surprise.

"Mmm. What?"

Even the blind girl, Cassia, turned in the direction of her voice.

After a couple of moments, Caster suddenly walked over and made a small bow.

"Lady Nephis. I am Caster from the Han Li clan. I see that your trial went well?"

Lady? Why is he addressing her that way? And he had to introduce himself… so, they don't know each other? Interesting.

bit perplexed by the question. After

what

awkwardly returned

I am very glad that you returned unharmed. Uh… not that I doubted your

Nephis nodded.

"Thank you."

that, she returned to her coffee, indicating that the conversation was over

Sunny sighed.

'How mysterious.'

were a lot of thoughts on his mind. However, none of them could distract him from the most important thing… breakfast. A few seconds later, he had forgotten all

***

decorated… and completely empty. Sunny even thought that he was mistaken, but then spotted a gloomy instructor sitting behind a wide wooden desk. Noticing him,

"Come in, young man!"

grey hair, absentminded eyes and a

You can call me Teacher

Sunny obediently sat down.

"It's Sunless."

Julius raised his eyebrows.

name. But that is good, very good. After all, we have to deal

Sunny carefully looked around.

sorry, Teacher. Did I

you're

"Are other students late?"

grunted with

are only interested in swinging their fists and swords around.

unpopular. Sunny inwardly sighed, hoping that he won't regret the decision to abandon combat

you choose Wilderness

hiding the true reason. Not that

the First Nightmare, Master Jet,

truly knows what's important… wait. Did

His eyes widened.

Jet? That murderous savage?! Hm. Who would have thought that a barbarian like her would know the value of intricate

Sunny's curiosity

you know Master

looked behind

not be the most powerful Awakened out there, but she is certainly one of the most feared. That's because her Aspect Abilities disregard flesh and target soul cores directly. Which means that no amount of armor, damage resistance and physical protection

He leaned forward.

thing is that she's young and not likely to become a Saint anytime soon, or even ever. Yes, luckily, there's a very low probability that

Sunny blinked.

"Why?"

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